Computer Security Research Group (CSRG)
The Computer Security Research Group (CSRG) pursues research in a mix of foundational and applied aspects of computer and information security. For info on research projects pursued by CSRG, please see the research and publications pages.
Current Students:
- Omar Aedh
PhD in CS (joined Fall 2022)
Topic: Social Engineering Attack Mitigation
Advisors: Ram Krishnan and Ravi Sandhu - Pankaj Chhetri
PhD in ECE (joined Spring 2019)
Topic: Machine Learning and Secure IoT
Advisor: Ram Krishnan - Enrique Navarro
PhD in ECE (joined Spring 2023)
Topic: TBA
Advisor: Ram Krishnan - David Rodriguez
Pursuing PhD in ECE (joined Spring 2019)
Topic: Adversarial Machine Learning
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
Past Students (PhD):
- Randy Klepetko, PhD in ECE
“CNN Analysis on Security Data: Deriving Natural Order in a Nonnatural World”, December 2022
Advisor: Ram Krishnan - Mohammad Nur Nobi, PhD in CS
“Towards Machine Learning Based Access Control”, August 2022
Advisors: Ram Krishnan and Ravi Sandhu
First employment: FedEx - Sherifdeen Lawal, PhD in ECE
“Policy Review in Attribute Based Access Control”, December 2021
Advisor: Ram Krishnan - Samir Talegaon, PhD in ECE
“Role Based Access Control for Android”, December 2020
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
First employment: UTSA - Abdullah Al-Alaj, PhD in CS
“Role Based Access Control for Software Defined Networking: Formal Models and Implementation”, July 2020
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu and Ram Krishnan
First employment: Virginia Wesleyan University - Mahmoud Abdelsalam, PhD in CS
“Online Malware Detection in Cloud Auto-Scaling Systems using Performance Metrics“, December 2018
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu and Ram Krishnan
First employment: Manhattan College - Jiwan Ninglekhu, PhD in ECE
“Attribute-Based Administration of Role-Based Access Control“, Dec 2017
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
First employment: InterDigital, Inc. - Navid Pustchi, PhD in CS
“Authorization Federation in Multi-Tenant Multi-Cloud IaaS“, April 2016
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu and Ram Krishnan
First employment: Turbonomic
- Khalid Zaman Bijon, PhD in CS
“Constraints for Attribute Based Access Control with Application in Cloud IaaS“, May 2015
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu and Ram Krishnan
First employment: MosaixSoft - Xin Jin, PhD in CS
“Attribute-Based Access Control Models and Implementation in Cloud Infrastructure as a Service”, May 2014
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu and Ram Krishnan
First employment: Amazon AWS
Past Students (MS Thesis):
- Md. Farhan Haque (MS Thesis) “A Framework to Detect “Device Related” Data Collection Violations of Android Apps”, August 2015.
- Sanket Lawangare (MS Thesis), “Integrating Kerberos in OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure as a Service”, August 2015.
- Sazzad Masud (MS Thesis), “Kerberos-Based Authentication for OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure as a Service”, December 2014.
- Jiwan Ninglekhu (MS Thesis), “Securing Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Using Smartphones”, August 2013.
- Nagasaikrishna Narra (MS Thesis), “Fail-Safe Decentralized Architecture for Advanced Metering Infrastructure”, December 2012.
- Santhosh Chandana Golagani (MS Thesis, Co-Advised with Dr. David Akopian), “Developing Learning Technologies on Mobile Platforms and Studying Mobile-Server Interactivity”, December 2012.